Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-28
MILLS TALKS.
Texas Is Solid for Cleveland, and
VIII Give Him Magnificent Ma
jority against Any Republican.
Ths Pr8hibi;iobfsts Nay Cause Dem9c.
rscy "a Assa mississippi, rennessso
and North Carolina i'll 1888,
Secretary Ism ar o2 mississippi ID Senator
BccA's Choice for The Vice
Presidency.
ConGreasman mills on Politics.

saoetsI - the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Mr. Roger Q.
Mills Of Texls, enc of the a5lest Demo
cca!s in public lie, passed through the
city few days since en route for Capon
Springs, W. Va, where his family is
spending the Summer, nE0 his knowledge
CT Texas politics IS such as to make the
following OF peculiar interest TO Republ.-
cans IS well rs Democrats. In speaking
generally Mr. Mills ssid in answer to tho
questions, "whst is the political outlook
in Texas? are tie prohibitions Cu3-
ting info DanuCT2ts muCh?" "The polili-
Gel outlook is eli right. The state is
sOundly Democratic by q large malority.
We have. been considerably shaken uD
by the ProhibitiOnists this summer bur
Democracy Will put quieius on prohi-
bltiOn in TIE neXg state convention by de-
cl1Iimg against 1t in clear and uue qui-
vocal language snd then the agitation
will either close or be too insignificant to
be Of any serious nsequenCe. a good
many Democrats voted for prohibition,
and il the Democratic psrty takes no
positive etaEd Sgiinst it they will be En-
CoUragGd TO renew the iSht as soon Is
they can reOrgauiZe and get the Gdg&nt-
age Of US, Under the bold and aggressive
leadership Of the great body Of the
Protestant clergy, the PfCh.blti0nists will
continue 10 iDPerll the a5CeLd3ECy OF the
D mCcratia party until Is formally de-
n0uuccs prohibition SO It's enemy. When
i. does thGt, as it will 90 next year, the
greater part Of lis followers viii
abandon it."
Cd the people Of your state desire the
denomination CT AIr. Cleveland next
yosr? Is Cleveland populsr With the
southern people? What are his clements
Ct strength: Do they approve Of his
civt, service policy, or is civil service
with them m&tleT OF any particular
moment?"
"The D Democratic people OF Texas sre
for Mr.. Clevei&nd, and the vote Of Texas
vii! be cast Tor him IN the next copven-
ton over eny one, we will stand firmly
by him to the end. | don't know what
his strength is in the other southern
states, but he is first in the heart OF the
Democratic people Of Texas. The PEE
pie OF Texas don't talk much about civil
service, they believe that Mr.. Cleveland
is administering the government well
aud that lie has at all times the best inter
ests of the whole country a. heart. They
ere strongly in sympathy with him il mis-
efforts to hava the heavy burden of taxa-
ton reduced"
at 10 reported here occasionally, Mr..
Mills, that Mr.. Blaine is in general waY
popular down south. What in your iudg-
fnent, is MIR. B!aine's prospects of carry
ing one or more southern states next
year?
"Alr Blaine has no strength in Texas
among Democrats. What his strength is
among Republicans O. Texas is unknown
to NE. He can't carry Texas Of the cleo
ton, nor can any other Republican.
Texas will certainly go largely Demo-
cratic, 1t mskes 40 difference who the
Republicans nominate.
= 81 think some of the southern states
may be in danger OF beng lost 10 the
Democrats by Inc Proh!b,!iopists taking
CT some OF our vOtee, and vile it
will be impossible for them to
elect the candidate C the prohibition
party they m@y take enough votes from
thc DemCcl2>ic parry TO e,e3t 2 R-Dubli-
Cgn ciu0ltate. Mississippi, TeEEtss
ard North Carolina m&y be in dagger OF
being lost to Us, but there is no danger il
Texas" In closiag he s&id he favored re-
duced taxation, secured in q jGdicioug
way, SO as rot 20 impair the inte.es. CT
sBv class,